ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan. 8, 2025

>>> TONIGHT, A SPECIAL EDITION. OF "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" FROM. CALIFORNIA. THE EMERGENCY UNFOLDING HERE IN. LOS ANGELES COUNTY. 24 HOURS INTO THIS, YOU CAN FEEL. THE HEAT, THE SMOKE, AND YOU. CERTAINLY CAN SEE THE FLAMES. OVER MY SHOULDER HERE. HOME AFTER HOME CONTINUING TO. BURN TO THE GROUND. ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS LOST. EVACUATIONS. THE SCOPE OF THE LOSS HERE. UNIMAGINABLE. TONIGHT, THE APOCALYPTIC SCENE. HERE ON THE GROUND IN SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA.

THE FIRES DESTROYING EVERYTHING. IN THEIR PATH. AND THERE IS BREAKING NEWS AS WE. COME ON AIR IN THE WEST. WE HAVE NOW LEARNED OF A SIXTH. FIRE, THIS TIME IN THE HOLLYWOOD. HILLS CALLED THE SUNSET FIRE. SIX FIRES BURNING THROUGH LOS. ANGELES, DESTROYING MORE THAN. 25,000 ACRES, PROPELLED BY WIND. GUSTS TOPPING 100 MILES PER. HOUR. >> IT IS LIKE DRIVING THROUGH. HELL ITSELF DOWN HERE. >> David: HOME AFTER HOME.

DESTROYED BY THE PALISADES FIRE. THE DEATH TOLL RISING TONIGHT. REPORTS OF MANY SIGNIFICANT. INJURIES. THE PANICKED RACE TO ESCAPE THE. FLAMES. SOME LEAVING THEIR CARS IN THE. STREET WHEN FLAMES WERE ON TOP. OF THEM. BULLDOZERS THEN PLOWING THROUGH. THE CARS TO TRY TO GET THE FIRE. TRUCKS THROUGH. TONIGHT, I TRAVEL INTO THE FIRE. ZONE WITH THE CAL FIRE BATTALION. CHIEF RIGHT UP INTO PACIFIC. PALISADES. OUR INTERVIEW AS WE WITNESS HOME. AFTER HOME BURNING TO THE GROUND. HERE.

WE'RE NOW 24 HOURS INTO THIS. DISASTER. >> THERE'S JUST NO STOPPING IT. WHEN THE WINDS ARE THIS STRONG. >> David: NOW FEARS SOME OF. THESE MAJOR FIRES COULD BE ON. THE MOVE. OUR TEAM ACROSS THE FIRE ZONE. AND GINGER ZEE ON THE STRENGTH. OF THESE SANTA ANA WINDS AND THE. FIRE DANGERS AS WE HEAD INTO THE. NIGHT. >>> ALSO A MAJOR WINTER STORM. FROM TEXAS TO THE EAST COAST. MAJOR SNOW IN AREAS WHERE THEY. NORMALLY DON'T GET IT. WE'LL HAVE THE FORECAST. >>> THE OTHER NEWS TONIGHT, POLICE ARRESTING A MAN ALLEGEDLY.

TRYING TO GET INTO THE U.S. CAPITOL WITH A MACHETE AND. MULTIPLE KNIVES. WHAT WE'VE LEARNED TONIGHT. >>> THE COLLISION AT O'HARE'S. AIRPORT. AN AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE AND. UNITED PLANE ON THE TAXIWAY. >>> AND TONIGHT THE NATION. HONORING FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY. CARTER, NOW LYING IN STATE IN. THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA. HIS FUNERAL TO BE HELD AT THE. NATIONAL CATHEDRAL TOMORROW. A SPECIAL EDITION OF WORLD NEWS. TONIGHT BEGINS NOW. >>> FROM ABC NEWS, THIS IS ABC.

WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID. MUIR. REPORTING TONIGHT FROM LOS. ANGELES. >> David: GOOD EVENING TONIGHT, AS WE COME ON THE AIR HERE LIVE. IN THE WEST FROM PACIFIC. PALISADES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AS MULTIPLE WILDFIRES ONE AT. THIS HOUR OUT OF CONTROL ACROSS. LOS ANGELES. A SEVERE DROUGHT AND FIERCE. SANTA ANA WINDS, SOME GUSTING TO. 90 AND 100 MILES PER HOUR HAVE. MADE FOR A DEADLY AND HORRIFIC. COMBINATION HERE. TURNING PARTS OF LOS ANGELES. COUNTY INTO A HELL SCAPE IN JUST.

24 HOURS. THERE ARE NOW SIX MAJOR FIRES. BURNING. THE NEWS COMING IN JUST AS WE'RE. ON THE AIR, LIVE IN LOS ANGELES. TONIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE FIRE TRUCKS, THE. REFLECTION OF THEIR LIGHTS AS. THEY PASS BY DURING THE. BROADCAST HERE. THIS LATEST FIRE THREATENING THE. HOLLYWOOD HILLS, THREATENING. HOLLYWOOD. IT'S CALLED THE SUNSET FIRE, BLOWING DIRECTLY INTO THE. HOLLYWOOD HILLS. AND WE ARE TOLD IT IS GROWING AT. THIS HOUR. WE ARE HERE IN WHAT'S CALLED. PALISADES VILLAGE, THE TOWN. CENTER HERE WHERE THERE'S.

NORMALLY SHOPPING, A PLACE TO. EAT PERHAPS. YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THE ENTIRE. COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WIPED AWAY. CAN YOU SEE THE FIRES STILL. BURNING BEHIND ME AS WE'RE ON. THE AIR TONIGHT. THESE SCENES ARE PLAYING OUT. OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND SO MANY PLACES WE VISITED. TODAY. TONIGHT THESE FIRES, 0%. CONTAINED. MORE THAN A THOUSAND HOMES. DESTROYED. AT LEAST FIVE LIVES LOST. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HERE IN. ONE OF THE MOST. DENSELY-POPULATED STRETCHES OF. AMERICA REMAIN ON ALERT AT THIS. HOUR. ICONIC LANDMARKS, INCLUDING THE.

HOLLYWOOD SIGN AND THE GRIFFITH. OBSERVATORY ALL BEING PROTECTED. AND TONIGHT THE WINDS FROM. SHIFTING. THAT NEW FIRE JUST BREAKING OUT, THE SUNSET FIRE IN THE HOLLYWOOD. HILLS BURNING NORTH TOWARD. MULHOLLAND AND SOUTH TOWARD THE. CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, MAKING IT. IMPOSSIBLE FOR FIREFIGHTING. PLANES TO TAKE OFF. SO FIREFIGHTERS WERE FORCED TO. TAKE ON THESE FIRES ON THE. GROUND ON THEIR OWN. A TORRENT OF EMBERS SPREADING. THE FIRES FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE. A MAN RUNNING THROUGH THOSE. EMBERS FROM HIS BURNING HOUSE.

AFTER REALIZING SAVING IT WAS. IMPOSSIBLE. RESIDENTS OF A NURSING HOME. EVACUATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE. NIGHT. MANY WEARING MASKS TO PROTECT. THEMSELVES FROM THE DANGEROUS. AIR, WHICH IS A MAJOR CONCERN. MORE THAN 70,000 FORCED TO. EVACUATE. AUTHORITY ALSO TO USE BULLDOZERS. TO PUSH THE CARS ASIDE JUST TO. GET THE FIRE TRUCKS IN. A STRIKING IMAGE TONIGHT FROM.

ABOVE. AN AIRLINE PASSENGER FLYING OVER. THE SCENE, CAPTURING THE. SPREADING FIRE AND LIGHTS OF LOS. ANGELES NOT FAR AWAY. AND TONIGHT WE TAKE YOU UP TO. THE FIRE LINES OF PACIFIC. PALISADES. I TRAVEL IN WITH THE BATTALION. CHIEF STILL SHOWING US THE FIRES. BURNING ONE AFTER ANOTHER. OUR TEAM ACROSS THE FIRE ZONE, AND GINGER ZEE AND THE THREAT AS. WE HEAD INTO ANOTHER NIGHT HERE. BUT WE BEGIN WITH THE IMAGES AND. OUR TRIP WITH THE CAL FIRE CHIEF.

TO THE FIRE LINES LATE TODAY. TONIGHT, THE DEADLY APOCALYPTIC. SCENE. WILDFIRES TEARING THROUGH LOS. ANGELES. THEY NOW FEAR THOUSANDS OF HOMES. DESTROYED HERE. AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE DEAD. AUTHORITIES SAYING THERE ARE. MANY, QUOTE, SIGNIFICANT. INJURIES. THIS EVENING ACROSS LOS ANGELES, THERE ARE NOW SIX WILDFIRES. THE PALISADES FIRE, THE EATON. FIRE, THE HURST FIRE, THE SUNSET. FIRE, THE LIDIA FIRE AND THE. WOODLEY FIRE.

HOMES AND CARS BURNING TONIGHT. FIERCE WINDS SENDING FIRE EMBERS. DOWN THE STREET. THE FLAMES REACHING THE OCEAN. >> ALL THIS IS GOING TO BE GONE. >> David: WE TRAVEL WITH THE. BATTALION CHIEF WHO SAYS HE HAS. NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. WE TURN INTO ONE OF THE. NEIGHBORHOODS IN PACIFIC. PALISADES. THIS SMALL SCHOOL BURNING. >> YOU CAN HEAR THE BANGS GOING. OFF. >> David: YEAH, YEAH. THE FIRE'S RIPPING THROUGH THAT. SCHOOL RIGHT THERE.

THE CARS HERE CHARRED. AND THEN WE SEE IT. HOME AFTER HOME BURNING. >> IT'S JUST JUMPING FROM HOME. TO HOME RIGHT NOW. WITH THIS WIND, THERE'S NOTHING. TO STOP IT. >> David: AS WE DRIVE UP INTO. THE HILLS, THE CHARRED CARS. WHERE FAMILIES SIMPLY STOPPED, GOT OUT AND ESCAPED. THESE PEOPLE WHO WERE COMING. DOWN FROM THE HILLS HERE, DECIDED TO GIVE UP BECAUSE THE. FIRE WAS ENCROACHING? >> RIGHT, RIGHT. THE TRAFFIC WAS SO BAD, THEY. FIGURED THEIR CHANCES WERE. BETTER GETTING OUT ON FOOT AND. RUNNING THE REST OF THE WAY OUT.

OF HERE. >> David: I MEAN, IT'S AN. APOCALYPTIC SCENE HERE. >> IT IS. IT IS. YOU SEE WHERE THE BULLDOZER HAD. TO COME THROUGH AND PUSH THE. CARS ASIDE SO WE CAN GET UP. HERE. >> David: THE BULLDOZERS MOVING. THE CARS SO FIRE TRUCKS COULD. GET THROUGH. WE'RE 24 HOURS INTO THIS. DISASTER AND WE'VE GOT ANOTHER. ROW OF MULTIPLE HOMES IN FLAMES. >> THE FIRE'S GOING FROM HOME TO. HOME TO HOME. IT'S EVEN RUNNING DOWN CANYON TO.

HOMES BELOW THESE. EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BURN. >> David: SMOKE HOVERING OVER. THE HOMES. OVERNIGHT, JOSHUA AND HIS DOG. TRYING TO ESCAPE THE FIRES. SURROUNDING THEM ON SUNSET. BOULEVARD. CAPTAIN ERIC SCOTT WITH THE L.A. FIRE DEPARTMENT SHARING THIS. IMAGE FROM DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. THICK SMOKE FROM THE WILDFIRES. TAKING OVER THE VIEW OF THE SKY. AIR QUALITY TONIGHT DANGEROUS. >> THE FIRE IS BEING FUELED BY A.

COMBINATION OF STRONG SANTA ANA. WINDS AND SURROUNDING TOPOGRAPHY. WHICH MAKES IT EXTREMELY. CHALLENGING FOR US FIREFIGHTERS. >> David: AUTHORITIES ARE. CALLING THIS AN EXTREMELY RARE, LIFE-THREATENING SANTA ANA WIND. EVENT. MORE THAN 35,000 RESIDENTS UNDER. EVACUATION ORDERS. NEARLY A MILLION NOW WITHOUT. POWER. RESIDENTS HERE TELL US THEY HAVE. LOST EVERYTHING. >> THIS IS PRETTY DEVASTATING.

THIS IS PRETTY DEVASTATING. I DON'T THINK L.A.'S SEEN. ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. >> David: TONIGHT THE CALIFORNIA. NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN CALLED. IN TO HELP FIRE DEPARTMENTS. ACROSS L.A. COUNTY WHO ARE. OVERWHELMED. FROM THE AIR TONIGHT, A FULLER. SCOPE OF THE DEVASTATION. A UNITED AIRLINES PASSENGER. CAPTURING THIS VIEW OUT HIS. WINDOW. THAT FLIGHT DIVERTED. THOUSANDS OF FIREFIGHTERS. SPANNING OUT, RACING TO CONTAIN. THE FLAMES. THE NEW FIRES JUMPING FROM HOME.

TO HOME. AND RESIDENTS HERE DOING. WHATEVER THEY CAN. THIS YOUNG MAN TRYING TO USE A. FIRE HOSE TO BEAT BACK THE. FLAMES IN HIS OWN BACK YARD. CAN YOU HEAR THE INTENSE FIRE. CRACKLING. >> OH. >> David: THE FIRE ALARM GOING. OFF. >> YEAH, LET'S GET OUT OF HERE. WE TRIED. >> Reporter: HIS FRIEND TANNER. SCHAFF TRYING TO HELP HIM. THEY BOTH ESCAPE FROM THE FRONT. DOOR, RUNNING TO SAFETY.

THE HOMES, THE TREES ALL AROUND. THEM ON FIRE. >> THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO. NOW, BRO. >> David: AND THEN THEY PRAY. >> GOD, PROTECT THIS HOUSE IN. THE NAME OF JESUS. PROTECT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, GOD, IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY, AMEN. >> David: THE BIGGEST FIRE, THE. PALISADES FIRE, ENTIRE STREETS. ENGULFED. AMERICAN FLAGS WAVING AS THE. BUILDING BEHIND THEM IS NEARLY. GONE. ONE FIREFIGHTER WITH THE HOSE. TRAINED AT THE FRONT DOOR THOUGH.

NEARLY EVERY HOME THERE ON FIRE. HELICOPTER DROPPING WATER ON. HOMES. THE FIERCE WIND SENDING EMBERS. TRAVELING MILES AWAY. FIRE AND SMOKE POURING OUT OF. THIS HOME'S WINDOW. TONIGHT THESE NEW AERIAL IMAGES. REVEALING WHAT THE WILDFIRES. HAVE DONE THERE. >> THESE ARE SAD SIGHTS, AND. WE'VE SEEN SO MUCH OF THIS, YOU. KNOW, INTO LAST YEAR, AND NOW. AGAIN INTO 2025. THIS IS HEARTBREAKING. I FEEL FOR THESE PEOPLE.

>> David: THE PASADENA PRESCHOOL. ACADEMY ON FIRE. THE RESIDENTS AT THIS SENIOR. LIVING FACILITY, THE TERRACES AT. PARK MARINO, RUSHED OUT OF THEIR. BEDROOMS, WEARING MASKS TO. PROTECT THEM FROM THE AIR. THEY WERE RESCUED. A HEROIC EFFORT BY THE L.A. FIRE. DEPARTMENT AND EMERGENCY. RESPONSE TEAMS ACROSS THE REGION. TONIGHT. THEY ARE SAVING LIVES AMIDST THE. HORROR. THE SCOPE OF THE LOSS HERE IS. UNIMAGINABLE. >> IT'S DEVASTATING.

IT'S DEVASTATING. I FEEL FOR THOSE PEOPLE. I'VE SPOKE TO SOME OF THEM. I HEAR IT IN THEIR VOICES. IT TEARS AT MY HEARTSTRINGS, TOO. BUT, LIKE I SAID, AT THE END OF. THE DAY, THEY ARE ALIVE. THEY KNEW THEY WOULD REBUILD AND. COME BACK BETTER, AND I JUST. GAVE THEM A HUG, AND I SAID. PLEASE REACH OUT WITH ANYTHING. YOU NEED. >> David: THERE'S NO QUESTION. YOU'VE SAVED LIVES HERE. >> THAT WAS OUR GOAL. THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. >> David: THERE'S NO QUESTION. THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS ON THE. GROUND HERE ARE THE REAL HEROES. IN ALL OF THIS. THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES HERE WHO. AT FIRST TOOK DESPERATE MEASURES.

TO TRY TO SAVE THEIR HOMES BUT. THEN HAD TO RACE TO ESCAPE. THEMSELVES. ABC'S CHIEF NATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN IS IN. MALIBU ON THE RACE TO SAVE. BELONGINGS, BUT MOST. IMPORTANTLY, THE RACE TO SAVE. LOVED ONES. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, ABANDONED. CARS, HILLSIDES BURNING, THE. PALISADES FIRE ALSO SCORCHING. L.A.'S MOST UPSCALE BEACH SIDE. TOWN OF MALIBU. FLEEING FAMILIES TRYING TO. THREAD A TUNNEL OF FIRE WITH. BOTH SIDES OF THE PACIFIC COAST. HIGHWAY ENGULFED. >> ALL OF PCH IS ON FIRE RIGHT.

NOW. IT IS LIKE DRIVING THROUGH HELL. ITSELF DOWN HERE. LITERALLY THROUGH HELL. THIS IS MADNESS DOWN HERE. THESE HOMES ARE ON FIRE. AND YOU CAN FEEL THE HEAT FROM. THE FLAMES EVEN FROM INSIDE YOUR. CAR. >> HOPEFULLY THEY'RE GOING TO. SAVE OUR HOUSE. >> Reporter: FRANK DeMARCO TRIED. TO SAVE HIS MALIBU HOME HIMSELF, BUT WITH FLAMES FEET AWAY, HE. HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO GET IN HIS. CAR AND GET OUT.

>> LOOK AT THIS, LOOK AT THIS. EVERYTHING IS ON FIRE. EVERYTHING'S ON FIRE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO HERE. >> Reporter: THE FIREFIGHTERS. SPREAD SO THIN, THE HOWLING. WINDS SPREADING FLAMES LIKE. SEEDS ACROSS SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA. THERE IS NOTHING LEFT OF THESE. NEIGHBORHOODS. HOUSE AFTER HOUSE ON BOTH SIDES. OF THE STREET, COMPLETELY GONE. MANY OF THEM STILL ON FIRE. NOT A FIREFIGHTER IN SIGHT. YOU CAN FEEL THESE EMBERS BEING. CAST. AND ALL THAT'S LEFT IN MANY OF. THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE JUST.

CHIMNEYS, BURNING HOMES. AND BY DAYBREAK THE FLAMES EVEN. STRONGER. THE FEROCITY OF WHAT WE ARE. SEEING, THIS HOUSE THAT HAS. BECOME A BLOWTORCH, VERY QUICKLY. IGNITING THE OTHER HOUSE. YOU CAN HEAR ALL THAT POPPING. GIVES YOU A SENSE OF WHY SO MANY. NEIGHBORHOODS HERE HAVE BEEN. COMPLETELY OBLITERATED. AND L.A. COUNTY'S FIRE CHIEF. ADMITTING WITH MAJOR FIRES. BURNING AROUND LOS ANGELES, THEY. JUST CAN'T FIGHT THEM ALL. >> WE'RE DOING THE VERY BEST WE. CAN. BUT NO, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.

FIRE PERSONNEL IN L.A. COUNTY. BETWEEN ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS. TO HANDLE THIS. >> Reporter: DAVID, IT'S STILL. VERY MUCH AN ACTIVE FIREFIGHT IN. MALIBU. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS. HOUSE FOR HOURS. SOMETHING ELSE I WANT YOU TO. SEE. THOSE DOWNED POWER LINES ARE ONE. OF THE REASONS PACIFIC COAST. HIGHWAY IS CLOSED TO EVERYONE. BUT FIRST RESPONDERS. AND WITH ALL OF THESE ROWS OF. MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR MANSIONS. HERE DESTROYED, LOCALS AND. POLICE ARE ALSO NOW CONCERNED. ABOUT LOOTING. DAVID? >> David: MATT GUTMAN WHO WAS.

REPORTING ALL NIGHT LONG, ALL. DAY AND INTO ANOTHER NIGHT FOR. US, THANK YOU. THERE ARE NOW SIX FIRES BURNING. AT THIS HOUR. ONE OF THEM, THE EATON FIRE, RACING INTO DENSELY-PACKED. NEIGHBORHOODS, DESTROYING HOMES, BUSINESSES, MULTIPLE SCHOOLS, A. NURSING HOME THERE. AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE KILLED. AND THERE ARE REPORTS OF. MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT INJURIES. ABC'S KAYNA WHITWORTH HERE IN. CALIFORNIA, TOO. >> Reporter: THAT DEADLY EATON. FIRE RAGING OUT OF CONTROL IN. ALTADENA, CALIFORNIA.

EAST OF THE PALISADES FIRE, THE. BLAZE RACING DOWN THE MOUNTAINS. INTO DENSELY-PACKED COMMUNITIES, KILLING AT LEAST FIVE. MANY MORE INJURED, INCLUDING A. FIREFIGHTER. THE INFERNO TAKING OUT. EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH. HOMES, BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS. THIS IS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE BUILDING IS STARTING TO NOW. COMPLETELY FALL APART. IT'S BEING PUSHED BY THESE HEAVY. WINDS. AND, AS IT MOVES, IT IS TURNING, AS YOU CAN SEE, DAY INTO NIGHT.

PITCH-BLACK. WITH BARELY ANY TIME TO ESCAPE. AND THE FIRE CLOSING IN, THAT. ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY. EVACUATED. SENIORS WITH OXYGEN TANKS, WHEELCHAIRS, SOME IN HOSPITAL. BEDS, EMBERS FLYING AROUND THEM. THAT FIRE EXPLODING TO MORE THAN. 10,000 ACRES. THE WINDS ERRATIC, NEARING 100. MILES PER HOUR. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES. THREATENED. NEIGHBORS DESPERATELY FIGHTING. TO SAVE THEIR PROPERTY. SOME STATIONED ON ROOFTOPS. OUR MOLA LENGHI IN THAT.

DEVASTATED COMMUNITY. >> THIS IS NEIGHBORS HELPING. NEIGHBORS. YOU SEE SOME HERE WITH GARDEN. HOSES DOING WHAT THEY CAN AS. FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN STRETCHED. INCREDIBLY THIN IN THESE. NEIGHBORHOODS. >> Reporter: IN ANOTHER. NEIGHBORHOOD, THE SIMMINGTON. FAMILY LOSING EVERYTHING. >> ALL THE STUFF THAT'S HERE IS. REPLACEABLE. PEOPLE ARE NOT. SO HAVING THE FAMILY IS THE MOST. IMPORTANT THING. >> Reporter: AND DAVID, WE HAVE. JUST LEARNED FROM FIREFIGHTERS. THAT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT UP TO. 500 STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED.

OR DESTROYED IN THE EATON FIRE. ALONE. DAVID? >> David: KAYNA WHITWORTH IN. CALIFORNIA, THANKS TO YOU AND. MOLA LENGHI. KABC WAS ABLE TO GET BACK UP. INTO THE AIR TO ACTUALLY SEE ALL. OF THIS FROM ABOVE, AND IT IS. STAGGERING. REPORTER GABE SANTOS REPORTING. IN A SHORT TIME AGO ON WHAT HE. SAW. >> Reporter: DAVID, THIS IS. ABOUT 10 OR 15 MILES FROM. DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. BUT IT IS A VERY POPULATED. NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE SUBURBS.

YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW VAST OF A. SCENE THIS IS FROM THIS. PARTICULAR FIRE. WE'VE COUNTED ALONE OVER 100. STRUCTURES DESTROYED. LOOKS LIKE THAT ONE'S GOING TO. BE A COMPLETE LOSS. AND A HOME NEXT TO IT, YOU HAVE. FIRE CREWS ON SCENE. WE SAW THE FLAMES CREEP UP THE. HILL TOWARDS THIS HOME. AND THOSE FIRE PROTECTION CREWS. ARE TRYING TO GET SOME OF THE. FLAMES OUT. IT IS ALMOST EMOTIONAL IN NATURE. WHEN YOU TAKE IN JUST HOW VAST. OF AN AREA HAS BURNED AND THE.

NUMBER OF HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN. BURNED SO FAR. DAVID? >> David: GABE SANTOS AND OUR. TEAM AT KABC DOING INCREDIBLE. AND IMPORTANT REPORTING ON THE. GROUND HERE. I'M GOING TO GO RIGHT TO CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE. THE FIRE DANGER, AS WE HEAD INTO. THE NIGHT, WHAT ARE YOU. EXPECTING? >> YES, DAVID, WE HAVE A. DANGEROUS NIGHT STILL AHEAD. BUT LUCKILY, THOSE WINDS WILL BE. RELAXING BY TOMORROW MORNING. WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF FIRES TO.

FIGHT. AND THINGS ARE GOING TO ONLY GET. EASIER BY TOMORROW UNTIL THEY. GET WORSE AGAIN GOING INTO. FRIDAY. LET'S TIME IT OUT. BUT FIRST THE SETUP. HAVEN'T HAD RAIN. .16 INCHES SINCE MAY. SECOND-DRIEST PERIOD ON RECORD. WE'VE GOT THE SANTA ANA SETUP. WITH THE VERY STRONG PRESSURE. GRADIENT BETWEEN THE HIGH AND. LOW, BUT THIS ONE HAD SUPER. CHARGING FROM THAT LOW PRESSURE. SYSTEM IN THE UPPER LEVELS. NOW THAT'S GOING TO SLIDE OVER. AND BRING A WINTER STORM WHICH. WE'LL TALK ABOUT. BUT FIRST LOOK AT THOSE RED FLAG. WARNINGS THAT GO ALL THE WAY TO. THE MEXICAN BORDER.

WE'LL TIME IT OUT FOR THE. 20-40-PLUS MILE-PER-HOUR GUSTS. BECOMING LESS BEFORE THEY PERK. BACK UP. THINGS ARE STILL GOING TO BE. ROUGH GOING INTO THE END OF THE. WEEK. AND I WANT TO JUST POINT OUT, DAVID, THAT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. FROM DALLAS TO LITTLE ROCK, MEMPHIS, ALL WITH WINTER STORM. WARNINGS GOING TO BRING WINTRY. WEATHER FOR NORTHERN. MISSISSIPPI, ATLANTA. GOING INTO THE MID ATLANTIC AND. NORTHEAST IS GOING TO BE MESSY. GOING INTO THE WEEKEND.

>> David: WE'LL BE WATCHING IT. ALL. THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, A MAN. ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO GET INTO THE. U.S. CAPITOL WITH A MACHETE AND. MULTIPLE KNIVES. WHAT WE'VE LEARNED. >>> ALSO THE COLLISION AT. CHICAGO'S O'HARE AIRPORT. AN AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE AND. UNITED PLANE ON THE TAXIWAY IN A. MOMENT HERE. >> David: TONIGHT, A SCARE AT. THE U.S. CAPITOL. A MAN ALLEGEDLY ENTERING THE. VISITOR CENTER CARRYING A. MACHETE AND THREE KNIVES. POLICE RELEASING THIS PHOTO. A 44-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM.

WASHINGTON, D.C. HAS BEEN. ARRESTED. HIS ALLEGED MOTIVE UNCLEAR OF. AUTHORITIES SAY THERE IS NO. ONGOING THREAT TO CONGRESS OR TO. THE PUBLIC. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT. TWO PASSENGER PLANES COLLIDING. AT O'HARE AIRPORT. >>> AND AMERICA PAYING TRIBUTE. TO JIMMY CARTER. >>> TONIGHT, THE FAA IS. INVESTIGATING A COLLISION ON A. TAXIWAY AT O'HARE AIRPORT. THE WING OF AN AMERICAN AIRLINES. PLANE CLIPPING THE TAIL OF A. UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT.

BOTH PREPARING FOR TAKEOFF. NO ONE WAS HURT. PASSENGERS WERE TAKEN OFF BOTH. PLANES. >>> THE NATION HONORING FORMER. PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER, LONG. LINES TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO THE. 39th PRESIDENT LYING IN STATE IN. THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA. ABC NEWS WILL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE. OF THE PRESIDENT'S FUNERAL. TOMORROW MORNING. PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL DELIVER THE. EULOGY FOR HIS FRIEND JIMMY. CARTER. THAT BEGINS AT 9:30 A.M. EASTERN. OF COURSE 6:30 PACIFIC.

>>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE POWERFUL IMAGES WE. WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU BEFORE. WE GO. >> David: BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT, NEAR ARE NOW SIX FIRES BURNING. HERE IN LOS ANGELES, DRIVEN BY. DRY CONDITIONS AND THESE SANTA. ANA WINDS. THERE IS AN INCREDIBLE RELIEF. EFFORT ALREADY UNDER WAY. WITH MORE THAN A THOUSAND HOMES. AND STRUCTURES DESTROYED, THE. RED CROSS OPENING SHELTERS, DEPLOYING HUNDREDS OF. VOLUNTEERS. THE SALVATION ARMY PROVIDING.

EMERGENCY SUPPLIES, AND WORLD. CENTRAL KITCHEN'S RELIEF TEAM. SERVING MEALS FOR FAMILIES AND. FIRST RESPONDERS. A FIREFIGHTER IN A RARE MOMENT. TO GET SOME REST IN THE BACK OF. HIS FIRE TRUCK. HUNDREDS OF FIREFIGHTERS WITH. LONG HOURS AHEAD OF THEM. SO MANY OF THEM HAVEN'T EVEN. TAKEN A BREAK YET. I'LL BE RIGHT BACK HERE TOMORROW. AS THOUSANDS HERE FIGHT NO. REBUILD. I'M DAVID MUIR IN LOS ANGELES. GOODNIGHT.